Wardrobe trunk



R. E. PHlLLlPS WARDROBE TRUNK Filed July 29, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Snventor me# E, PAM/75 (Ittorneg Aug. E8, 1936. R. E. PHILLIPS 2,051,273

WARDROBE TRUNK Filed July 29, 1932 4- Sheets-Sheet 2 ThE J Snventor R. E. PHILLIPS WARDROBE TRUNK Aug. 18, 936.

Filed July 29, 1932 4 SheetS-Shet 3 www R. E. PHILLIPS WARDROBE TRUNK Filed July 29, v195.2

4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Cttorneg Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WARDROBE TRUNK Robert E. Phillips, Portland, Oreg.

Application July 29, 1932, Serial No. 625,841

2 Claims.

Myinvention relates to Wardrobe trunks; It has for its purpose and object the providing of a wardrobe trunk having great utility, and one that will occupy a minimum of space and that 5 may be used in hotel rooms and in apartments and one that is self-contained and affords its user maximum display and accessibility with a minimum of effort and delay and one that will be substantially free from operating mechanical annoyances.

The invention is comprised primarily of a bottom trunk member and top front member that is hingedly secured to the bottom member to thereby provide a top member that may be hinged upward.

A tilting frame is attached to the bottom trunk member into which a plurality of drawers, or trays are slidably and removably disposed. The frame may be tilted forward and the drawers be automatically locked in placement when tilted forward to permit easy access and removal of clothing supported upon clothes supports and that are normally hung vertically Within 'the body of the trunk and at the rear of the drawers or trays. A shoe box or other receptacle is disposed in the base of the tiltable frame and is made accessible by the removal of the bottom drawer or tray. Y

The primary object of my invention consists in providing a Wardrobe trunk that will have maximum. eiciency.

A further object of myV improvements in wardrobe trunks consists in providing a trunk assembly into which clothing may be hung and which vthereafter is easily and quickly accessible for removal and inspection. In the trunk assembly is positioned a plurality of drawers or trays that may be locked in position and made accessible for use, or that may be removed and supported 40 at a suitableheight upon the trunk body itself.

And a still further object of my device consists in so making the same that it will occupy a minimum of space and at the same time render the total contents of the trunk easily accessible and at Vthe desired height. n Y

And a still further object of my invention consists in so constructing the wardrobe trunk that it may be quickly folded and unfolded, and one that will occupy a minimum of space when `not in use, or when out of use, as in restricted hotel and apartment rooms, fraternity houses and the like. I

A still further object of my invention consists in so constructing the trunk that it may be used 55 with equal facility as a trunk, or as a wardrobe.

A still further object of my invention consists in so adapting the lid to the trunk that the same will occupy a minimum of space when being opened within the room. Y

And a still further object of my invention consists in so constructing the trunk that it will have maximum strength vto withstand shipping as baggage, or as by express, with freedom from breakage.

A still further object of myinvention consists 10 in so constructing the trunk assembly that it will have a maximum baseV Vsupport when erected and fully opened.

And a still further object of my invention consists in so constructing the trunk that the total 15 contents of the trunk may be made easily accessible and easily displayed.

And a still further object of my invention consists in so constructing the device that it will be relatively dust and Water proof owing to 20 the box like construction of the same. A

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features off construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the 25. appended claims, anda preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawings Awhich accompany and form a part of this specification. y

In the drawings: Y 30 Fig. 1 is a perspective, front view'of the assembled folded trunk.

Fig. 2 is a sectional, side view of the unfolded trunk illustrating the front ofthe trunk in an elevated position. In this View a part of the trays are shown partially pulled out. This View is taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated. Y

Fig. 3 is a sectional, side view of the trunk mechanism,r as illustrated in Fig. 2 and illustrating the frame for holding the trays of the trunks hinged outward to thereby facilitate the removal of the clothing held suspended Within the top frame. This view is taken on line 3-3 of Fig.V 5, looking in the direction indicated.

Fig. 4 is a sectional, plan view of the mechanism illustrated-in Fig. 2. 'Ihis view is taken on lineY 4 4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, front view of the unfolded trunk in which the front section has been hinged upwardly to makeaccessible the vtrays or Vdrawers disposed within the bottom'end ofthe trunk. U Y

' Fig. 6 is a perspective front View of the drawer supporting frame shown removed from the trunk.

oneeorner of the trunk. VThis View is made to illustrate Vthe slide and lockingpins. VThis View i istaken on line' 'I--Tof Fig. 5,`lookingin the direction indicated. Y

' Fig. 8 is a fragmentary, sectional, side view of the pin supportY associated with the lower end of theframa'illustrated in Fig. Y6. This view is taken on line 8 8 of Fig. V5, looking inthe direc- Y tion indicated. Y s Y a 1 Fig. 9 is a sectional, plan view offthemehanism illustrated in Fig. 8. This view is takenv on line 9-9 of Fig. 8, looking in the direction'indicated.

Fig. 10 is a` perspective, end view of one of the guide bars, illustratederemoved from the trunk assembly. A pair of these guidewbars are V.used i Y for supporting the frame upon which therclrotrhesA 1 hangers are supported.V K ,Y

Fig 11 is invertedplan view of the Yclothes hangerV supportfthat is used for supporting the elethesheheere- 1 Y .Fie. .1 2A ie e fragmentary. sectional. end view, i One rof the rods .ef :the clothes hanger frame is adapted tothe bearing supportsof the angle bar,V

Y 2g illustrated. in Fig.. 10.

Y Fig. 1'3 is ajfragmentary, sectional, side view dfwthe unfolded anderected trunk, illustrating a Y. I Q mpdiiied form for'supportingV ther trays, or drawers and illustrating the drawers as being hinged feutwardlrand ,Supported by ahy Wins to which' the samearehingedly secured.

. Fig.V le isa top, plan view ofthe assembly, as

illustrated'in Fig. 13. .s

,.Fig- .'15 ie e perspective front end View ef One 35., ofthe drawers audits. hingihe support, asillus trated in Fig.,13;Y I n Fig. 16 is aseotional, side vView of @De side of theV trunk assembly,` a sectional. end view of the .drawer support, illustrating'- the samejas, being YV supported within. the guidewav Support.

Fig. 17 isj` a perspective front view of the un- Y isidrawer of the trunk@` dra-Wer isY shov/rllre-` moved .from the trunk assembly,A as illustrated. in Fig..19.. W

Fig.,1.9 isA aperspeetve. front. view ofthe uhtrating the different means for'supporting the trunk` trays Aand..illust rating the, top one of `the trays shown removedefrom thegtrunk assembly. (like,reierenee:Charaetersrefer t0; like parts throughoutthe several. views..

V5,5 I have illustrated in'Figsi to' lzfa trunk asf feomprised of; a base member I, .and a. hinged ifrontmember 2.,"'1he hinged front rrielrlltverV is 'Y hingedly secured toV the base `member I; by any Y suitable hinges 3 and 4; Locking'latches Sipand j 6,0'. 6. secure the assembly togetherat its bottomA end` andV pairs oflocking; latches 'l and 8,secure the. same togetherat its opposite-ly diSpQSedsideS. Aj lock 9 isV secured tothefront base wall I0 0f the, trunk and a lock receiver Il is Vdisposed in theA front wall o the hinged memberfZ. 1-'IhebaseA posed 'side Walls vI2alnd I3. A top wallVV `lll conY nectsl the s'dei'iv'alls" together at their top end; AJ

shoe, or other receptacle. boxY I5 disposed atfth uponthe cylindricalbearings 2.8 and 29.

Y 2,051,273 Y v WFig. 7 is a fragmentary, sectional, plan view of I6 and I1 are disposed at the oppositely disposed Y Y ,Y

sides and adjacent the front wall of the side frame member. The journal pins outwardly ex- Y tend from the respective side walls and a pair of brackets I8 and I9 are supported within the side 5 walls of 'the base portion of they trunk. The

brackets I8"an'd I9'rare adapted for .receivingth'e journal pins i6 and I1 therein'and to hingrec'ily support the tray and drawer supporting frame. VA pair ofV locking pins 20 and 2I are carried l0 within the top side frame I2 and I3 andthese pins are normally held repressed through the reaction of at spring membersV 22 and 23. The

4pins carried by the at springspass through the side frames I2 and I3 an-d are made to `engage l5 n supporting holes disposed withinY the side wall of theclothesrack supporting bars 24 and 211A.V The clothesrrack supporting bars are made as illustrated in Fig.'10. These bars are comprised of angle bar members having a leg 25 to' adapt 20 the same to the inside walls of the sidewalls of the baseV of the'tr'unk member. A horizontally disposed'legf26 inwardly extends from the leg 25Vand a web 21 upwardly extends Vfrom thehrizontally disposed leg 26. Cylindrical bearings 28 Y and 29'are'ada'pt`ed to the web 21. Aolothes rack supporting Aframe made', as illustrated in Fig. 1l is primarily comprised otra pipe, Vor tube bent atV right angles, as, illustratedat '30, and 3I toV form a front hand engaging cross bar Hinter-'.33 mediate its bends and toform .parallelly disposed Sie@ Yrrrmlesee and 34- elits 3e and. 3e are dis.- posed within the bottomY side of the Iriarallelly disposed side irameirnembers. The cross sectional area of the tubes is ofa size and shape'tor adapt the same to receive the cylindrical bear` ings 28 and 29.y r.Ijhe web 21 is raised sufficiently to permit the cylindrical bearings 28 and 29 to be raised so that the parallelly disposed side Y frames 33 and 34 maybe madeto freely slide Across sectional detail of this hearing support is asiillustrate-d in 12. A locking rod vor bar 31 connects the-respective end members of the parallelly disposed side framesv 33 andr34 and the 4' clothes rack support frame ispreventedfromjpremature removal from the cylindrical bearingsf28 and 29 by the end 38 of the ends of the bar being: made to engage the inner one 290i the Cylindrical bearings secured to` the web 2"I. Y The angle. bars 50pV are secured tothe frame,'as illustrated in Fig. (i,Y

et' 38e 4.0.4.1, and to, acties Shelf Supports fork thedrawers or trays43,f44, r4 5fand 46,. 1 f f Y A locking barV lfinis adapted for having longitudinatmovement imparted thereto. 'I'helocking 55u Y' bar is slidable within slits disposed within therespective angle barsthatform the shelves, trays or drawers.V A( plurality of lgcking-holeskare dise posed within the locking bar., One of these holes` is provided for eachA one ofth etrays, or d1j;a,v1vfv:rs. GirV Whenthe -side Vframe assembly, as illustrated invv Fig. 6, is in a vertical prositionfasjillustratedV in..V Fig. 2, the Ylower end 490i the locking bar is made, to, restupon a floor 50 ofthe trunkand the lock-` ing bar is raised toplacethe enlargement of the prevents their removaltherefrom as desired. Y As soon thisirame assembly is tilted forward, as,` illustrated-in Fig. 3,k the lower end of the loeking bar israised clear ot the, floor and areacting element 5,2 imparts longitudinal movement to theA locking bar, and the neck V53 of Vthe respectivels.

pins is made to move longitudinally of the locking hole and the drawers are locked in position and placement within the side frame assembly.

A plurality of clothes supports 54 (shown in Fig. 19) are slidably disposed upon the clothes support frame, and the clothes normally hang within the trunk and within the space 55 disposed between the rear wall 56 of the trunk, and the rear wall 51 comprising the frame assembly, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The tilting of the frame assembly 51 permits the pulling out of the frame illustrated in Fig. 11 and permits the free removal of the clothes and the clothes supports disposed thereupon.

'I'he device in modified form may be made, as illustrated in Figs. 13 to 17 inclusive. The base member 58 of the trunk is substantially made as heretofore described and the front top member 59 is hinged thereto. A plurality of drawers, or trays 6D are adapted to the trunk assembly. A hinged wing 6l is hingedly secured to one end of each of the drawers, and a guideway, as illustrated in Fig. 16, is adapted to receive the wing 6l and to form channelways B2 and 63 into which the edges of the wing 6l may be made to slide.

The pulling out, or the partial pulling out of the drawer, or tray, as illustrated in Fig. 13 permits the side hinging of the drawer, or tray without the rounding of the corner of the drawers, or tray. Any one of the drawers, or trays may be entirely removed and supported, as illustrated at 64 in Fig. 17, and within the upwardly hinged top closure and be made to rest thereupon. The lid 65 of the tray, or drawer 64 is removably placed upon the drawer, and a mirror 66 may be disposed on its underside. The mirror and lid may be placed in any desired position for greatest utility of the mirror. The hingedly mounted shelf 61 may be provided within the hinged top member to provide a shelf support for articles when raised.

A trunk of less value and for the cheaper trade may be made, as illustrated in Figs. 18 and 19, and when so made the bottom drawer, or tray 68, is hinged to the supporting frame 69 and the drawer, or tray 10 is hinged to the supporting frame 1|. The respective drawers, 'or trays have hinge brackets 12 and 13 that are adapted to the hinge pins 14 and 15. ByV the raising of the drawer, or tray it may be removed from the hinge pin. Supporting bracket 16 is disposed upon the rear of each of the drawers, or trays 5 and the free end of the supporting bracket is adapted for being placed within a suitable support 11 in order that the drawers, or trays may be elevated to position and placed at the oppositely disposed sides ofthe trunk assembly. l 'I'he removing of the top members of the drawers,

or trays from the trunk assemly permits the free removal of the clothing disposed uponv the respective clothes supports.

While the form of mechanism herein shown l and described is admirably adapted to fulll the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine theinvention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment 20 in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What I claim is:

1. The combination,v in a trunk of the class described, of a plurality of oppositely disposed pairs of Channels secured to the side walls of the trunk, a plurality of drawers, means hingedly connected to and extending beyond the rear wall of each Vdrawer and slidably mounted between a vertically adjacent pair of channels for moving Vthe hinged connection to a point adjacent the outermost edges of said side walls, whereby each drawer may be withdrawn and swing outwardly with respect to the trunk storage, each drawer when in retracted position being spaced by said means from the backwall of the trunk whereby a storage space is provided, substantially as shown.

2. The combination with a trunk of the class described, of a plurality of drawers each swing- 40 ably mounted within the trunk and detachable therefrom, said drawers when in retracted position being spaced apart from the rear wall of the rung to provide a storage space between the rear wall of the trunk and the rear walls of the drawers.

ROBERT E. PHILLIPS. 

